Read my book for details on ‘Monkeygate’: Kumble
19 Oct 2013 6:12 AM IST
Former captain Anil Kumble on Friday declined to comment on Ricky Ponting’s observation on Sachin Tendulkar’s role in the ‘Monkeygate’ scandal, saying people should wait for his book to know his version of the incident. In his memoirs, titled The Close of Play, Ponting said he didn’t understand why Tendulkar vouched for Harbhajan Singh during the appeal hearing but did not say anything when match referee Mike Procter initially suspended the spinner for passing allegedly racial comments at all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
‘Lot of things have been said since then. It’s five years since that incident happened (Sydney 2008). I don’t want to comment on that now. It’s important to move on. All of us have moved on. If you really want to know what happened, you have to wait for my book,’ Kumble, who was the Indian Test captain during that series told mediapersons on Friday. Australian cricketers and administrators over the years have taken a swipe at Indian cricketers and administrations in their autobiographies.
Kumble feels it’s not a bad idea to write a book since he has now decided he won’t be part of cricket administration anymore. ‘Now that I have announced that I am not going to be a part of administration, I also have the time to write a book and wait for the book to come out,’ Kumble said.
‘Lot of things have been said since then. It’s five years since that incident happened (Sydney 2008). I don’t want to comment on that now. It’s important to move on. All of us have moved on. If you really want to know what happened, you have to wait for my book,’ Kumble, who was the Indian Test captain during that series told mediapersons on Friday. Australian cricketers and administrators over the years have taken a swipe at Indian cricketers and administrations in their autobiographies.
Kumble feels it’s not a bad idea to write a book since he has now decided he won’t be part of cricket administration anymore. ‘Now that I have announced that I am not going to be a part of administration, I also have the time to write a book and wait for the book to come out,’ Kumble said.
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